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Police union files suit over approval of review board
May 20, 2021
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Less than a day after a West Virginia city approved the formation of a civilian board to review complaints against law enforcement officers, a police union filed suit to halt the process.
The Monongalia-Preston Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 87 filed the lawsuit Wednesday morning, hours after the Morgantown City Council unanimously passed an ordinance creating the Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board, news outlets reported. The vote Tuesday night came after nearly a year of discussion and public meetings.
The nine-member board would provide a prompt and impartial and fair review of misconduct complaints relating to the Morgantown Police Department,” City Manager Kim Haws said Tuesday.
MORGANTOWN – The group of police officers are asking a Monongalia Circuit Judge to stop the City of Morgantown from adopting an ordinance creating a Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board.
The petition was filed May 19 by the Monongalia-Preston Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 87 on behalf of its members. The filing took place just hours after Morgantown City Council passed the ordinance that would create the board.
The FOP says the new board is illegal and unnecessary because the city already has a Civil Service Commission. Toriseva
“Civil service laws create policing standards that result in enhanced public safety statewide,” Teresa Toriseva, one of the attorneys representing the officers, told